Behold and watch in awe

[noblepsychomaster]

Who: All Psychonauts, Counselors, and Jr. Counselors!
When: Just before curfew on the 9th
Where: Ford's Sanctuary
What: Something wicked this way comes
Warnings: TBH

As camp calms down for the night, all the campers (hopefully) in their cabins, all counselors, junior counselors, and visiting Psychonauts will receive a message. Report to the Sanctuary A.S.A.P. It's simple, but even newcomers who haven't truly met Ford Cruller in his right mind will be able to detect the sense of urgency. It doesn't matter how you get to the heart of Whispering Rock, simply that you get there. If it's your first time coming down to the Sanctuary, there are numerous others who have been down below enough times that will show you the way.

Upon arrival to the luminous lair, holograms whirling around the central stage full of information, there's no immediate sight of the Noble Psychomaster and head counselor. Not yet, anyways. For the meantime, you will be left to gather so that no one misses the information that Cruller has gathered you here tonight for.

(What it says on the tin! Feel free to mingle with one another below--even try to guess what you might've been summoned down here for--before Ford steps in to begin the meeting.)

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[noblepsychomaster]

Finally, Cruller emerges from the depths of his lair, looking grim as he approaches the gathered members of his staff and guests. Even the juniors have to hear about this, as some of them are acting in the capacity of counselor until someone can be sent in from headquarters. Scanning his eyes all across their faces, he clears his throat loudly to get their attention on him.

Arms folded behind his back, he walks amongst them.

"As you know, multiple members of our staff have either resigned to focus full-time on missions and research, or have been away on extended missions." He casts a glance to an actually ruffled looking Sasha Nein over his shoulder, then back to his audience. "As of right now, all junior counselors without a full-fledged agent acting as their superiors are in charge of lessons. If there is more than one of you, I'd like ya to collaborate with each other. You can't give badges, but you can work on teachin' kids 'bout your specialties. I trust y'all to figure out the best way to go about it. If any counselors or agents wanna help 'em, act as mentors until their bosses come in."

Taking a breath, he gestures with a hand. The holograms shift, showing data on the levitation counselor, Milla Vodello. Her smiling face looks down on them.

"Now, most'a you know that Agent Vodello's been on a mission right now, which's why she's been gone. But as of this week, we haven't heard word from her. It's been reported to headquarters that she's overdue and hasn't reported in, but there ain't much they can do right now." Before Sasha can look any more obviously vexed, Ford continues. "She could just be deep under cover, as she's done before, but I'll need everyone extra attentive. Don't tell the cadets, not yet. We don't wanna worry anyone 'fore we know for real that there's something to worry 'bout."

With a heavy sigh, he unfolds a hand from behind himself, gesturing at them. "Now, any questions?"

[ooc: Feel free to continue tagging in the mingle threads!]

[life_is_megas_wonderful]

Missing? Miss Vodello is missing? She'd been looking forward to working with her too! She supposes she should trust her for now, but... "Um, Mr. Cruller sir? Do ya know when she was supposed to have been back?" she asks nervously. Talking to someone as famous and high up as him is definitely nervewracking even for someone as full of confidence as Tsuruya.

[noblepsychomaster]

Ford inclines his head in a slight nod to Tsuruya, gesturing to bring one of the hologram screens to a stop. "She's scheduled to be back next week, but she ain't checked in at all for two. We're hopin' that it's just a false alarm, honestly. But you 'n Apacci'll be in charge of her classes 'til she's back."

[life_is_megas_wonderful]

She salutes a bit. "Ay ay, sir! We won't let any of you down! I hope we hear from her soon, though."

[bigfatgreekfuneral]

Martin frowns with a pang of uneasiness at the holographic image of Agent Vodello. It had already been a worry and a shame that she wouldn't have arrived even two days into the summer alone. Of course, work is work, and everyone gets mired into unexpected trouble or setbacks, especially such people as Psychonaut field agents. But what a teacher the lady is - and that the first any of them were seeing of her this summer was like this and in this context was so disconcertingly off.

"If we're allowed to know -- where should she be by now?" he asks, after few still seconds.

[noblepsychomaster]

"She'd be up in the Maine region, give or take. She was trackin' a lead at the time, so she was on the move, unfortunately." Ford's mustache twitches, just as uneasy as Martin himself is. But he just sighs heavily, looking up at the information laid out for Milla's mission.

"We had scheduled times for her to check in, and she ain't done it for 'bout two weeks. Not the first time it's happened, but we all gotta be ready for anything."

[violent_bambi]

[The possibility that something could happen to Milla Vodello hadn't occurred to Apacci. She has faith in her mentor and greatly admires her. But that she hasn't reported in...that gives Apacci a sinking feeling in her stomach.

She raises her hand - which isn't something she often bothers with. It's testament to how worried she is that she bothered with for]

Tsuruya and Martin already covered them, but: Where was she sent for her mission and when was she supposed to check in?

[Not that she's really in a position to do anything about it, but details are better than vague information.]

[noblepsychomaster]

[ Ford knows exactly how much Milla matters to many of the campers, and that includes Apacci. He nods to her, to signify that he sees her raised hand, and takes in her question. At this point, there's no harm in answering the questions. Especially when they come from one of Milla's juniors. ]

The east coast, here in the States. She was tracking someone, and last I heard she was actually wrappin' up and was gonna be headin' back early to report on her findings. But that was two weeks ago.

We had a setup, for her to check in two times a week. She's missed all four check ins, to this point.

[komui_lee]

Komui's mind is already racing over what technology he ought to be fine-tuning right now to give to any field agents off to search for her, but he's no position to participate in that from Whispering Rock. Instead he raises his hand once the other questions are asked.

"What are we going to tell the children when they ask what's happening with their levitation lessons?"

[noblepsychomaster]

"That she's still on mission, and will be back as soon as it's completed. They're to defer to her junior counselors for lessons, and questions will be fielded to either Agent Nein or myself."

Ford doesn't like risking it, but he reaches and hefts up a large chunk of psitanium, rigged to a harness. Right now, with Milla gone, he's willing to go out and about with his strange rock backpack to get things done.